Medicine Man/Ogbanje - Deliberately cause misfortune to a family - “Children who come and go”
-Babies who were stillborn or died young - Purposely die and come back to life
-Their goal is to haunt their mothers - Must dig up the spirits and the ogbanje would not come back -They would be cut up so they couldn’t come back -Could have been sickle cell anemia -Mothers go to the medicine man for help
- Relied upon by 80% of the population
- Follows tradition and old customs
*A video could not be found so extra pictures were added*
Ademuwagun Z.A., 1979, ‘The Challenge of the Co-existence of Orthodox and
Traditional Medicine in Nigeria. In: Ademuwagun Z. A. et al., (eds), African
Therapeutic Systems, Walthan, Mass: Crossroads Press, pp. 165-170.
Chapter 9
Mee Hye Smith
Pg. 75-86
Medicine Man/Ogbanje
- Deliberately cause misfortune to a family
- “Children who come and go”
-Babies who were stillborn or died young
- Purposely die and come back to life
-Their goal is to haunt their mothers
- Must dig up the spirits and the ogbanje would not come back
-They would be cut up so they couldn’t come back
-Could have been sickle cell anemia
-Mothers go to the medicine man for help
- Relied upon by 80% of the population
- Follows tradition and old customs
*A video could not be found so extra pictures were added*
Works Cited
"Ogbanje -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 02 Nov. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogbanje>.
"File:Igbo medicine man.jpg -." Wikimedia Commons. Web. 02 Nov. 2009. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igbo_medicine_man.jpg>.
Ademuwagun Z.A., 1979, ‘The Challenge of the Co-existence of Orthodox and
Traditional Medicine in Nigeria. In: Ademuwagun Z. A. et al., (eds), African
Therapeutic Systems, Walthan, Mass: Crossroads Press, pp. 165-170.
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